Jesse SchecknerMarch 18, 2023
7min0
Temporary allowances during the pandemic and after Hurricane Ian didn't lead to 'any problems,' the bill's Republican sponsor said.
Tag: multiple sclerosis
Jesse SchecknerMarch 18, 2023
Guest AuthorMay 2, 2017
8min433
You may have heard about a man having a grand mal seizure on the Florida Senate floor two weeks ago. That was me. I am a die-hard conservative activist. I support Floridians’ now-constitutional right to access medical marijuana. And I’m a patient. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 13 and like most went through […]
Joe ReedyApril 14, 2017
5min459
Florida’s voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment in November that formally legalized medical marijuana for chronic pain and other ailments, but with less than a month to go in their session, Florida legislators remain far apart on how to implement it. Bills in the Senate and House don’t agree on the details of expanding access […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2016
11min193
The River Club, high atop downtown Jacksonville, was the scene for FloridaPolitics.com’s interview with Donnie Horner. Horner, a Republican running in House District 11, spoke about issues he hadn’t addressed before to this outlet. One of them: the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis he got two years into what he had hoped would be a full […]
Guest AuthorOctober 7, 20148min159
First in a series. As Election Day approaches, the backers on both sides of the ballot initiative to make medical marijuana legal in Florida are getting fired up. It’s a battle of wits, money, compassion, money, politics and money and of course, the people who are donating the money to either pass or defeat Amendment […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 16, 20148min150
After five months of hard-core training, I hated to admit I wasn’t running fast enough to qualify for the Boston Marathon. I maintained a nine-minute mile for shorter distances, but drifted into 10-minute miles for longer runs. In my age group, I’d have to run a seven-minute mile for a full qualifying marathon before the […]